My Nike+iPod Runners Review

[Silock]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Is there some sort of integration with the iPod so you can calibrate your playlists?

So let's say I'm doing interval training and I want to do a 3 minute HHR interval with a 2 minute cool down. Can I see a visual plot of that and drop songs into those segments that are appropriate?

Evidently there's a whole new genre on iTunes called "Sports Music" where you can DL Lance Armstrong and various celebs workout playlists. Chris Carmichael also has a download where you can have him basically guiding you through a workout (cycling). Outside Magazine has been doing something pretty much every month on "cyber training" (for lack of a better word) for the last few months. There's some cool stuff out there.

Kinda... I mean, you'd have to pick the songs out yourself. It won't automatically change to the next song, but it does make you select a playlist when you start the workout. So, you could just manually go on to the next song.

I downloaded a couple of the Nike+ workouts from the iTunes Music Store. I got Increase Your Endurance 1, Increase Your Speed 1, and Anywhere Anytime Workout. They're definitely not for beginners. They're difficult workouts if you take them seriously. They're guided workouts, which is nice, because you don't have to look at a watch or anything and can just listen to the voice telling you when you're halfway through the interval, or what is coming up next. The tracks change automatically, too. Oddly, though, those tracks only work on the iPod Nano. If you have a different iPod, they don't work.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Silock

Kinda... I mean, you'd have to pick the songs out yourself. It won't automatically change to the next song, but it does make you select a playlist when you start the workout. So, you could just manually go on to the next song.

I downloaded a couple of the Nike+ workouts from the iTunes Music Store. I got Increase Your Endurance 1, Increase Your Speed 1, and Anywhere Anytime Workout. They're definitely not for beginners. They're difficult workouts if you take them seriously. They're guided workouts, which is nice, because you don't have to look at a watch or anything and can just listen to the voice telling you when you're halfway through the interval, or what is coming up next. The tracks change automatically, too. Oddly, though, those tracks only work on the iPod Nano. If you have a different iPod, they don't work.

Yeah, that's what I want. I want something that I can basically program it to tell me my intervals without having to look at a watch. Lately, I've been doing Sprint 8 workouts which are 30 second sprints with 1.5 minute cooldowns, which is pretty esoteric. So I'd need something I could program myself, not just a pre-programmed download.